3 months before the tea expo starts, those having a booth can submit 1 type of tea for the competition.

In total there are 38 tea (without name) @ 8g each being collected and distributed as a package. People up to 5 can participate as a group to sample it. They will then submit their votes. Many people participated. Organizer actually posted the statistics on their website.

The winner for this year blind tasting competition. 3 gold award and 7 silver award.

This is one of the gold award winner. It is their 2nd in row year for winning gold award.

Left: 2011, 2007 production @ 357gRight: 2012, 2008 production @ 500g (wrong printing of the weigh on the wrapping)

It is a Local shop custom raw puerh tea. Single estate. Old trees above 100+ years old. The name of the area is printed on the wrapper (sorry I forgot/didnt know how to read. it is the 3 words in the middle)

We tried the 2008 production. It taste a little like Red Tea. Quite nice to drink. It performed quite consistently for up to the 5th brew @ 10s soak. We changed tea on the 6th, didn't push it further. I liked the taste, but noticed a little astringency and it give a dry aftertaste in the mouth/throat.

We tried the 2007 production. Taste pretty much the same. Not much different compared to 2008.

I would have bought it just now if it is not because of the dry aftertaste that makes you feel thristy from drinking it...

It's a very interesting way to let tea drinkers vote for awards. I think it's much better than voting by a small group of experts, who don't usually agree with each other and there is no way to know how they agree with each other on the voting results